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[216ε] ὅσον οὐδ᾽ ἂν εἷς οἰηθείη, οὔτ᾽ εἴ τις πλούσιος, οὔτ᾽ εἰ ἄλλην τινὰ τιμὴν ἔχων τῶν ὑπὸ πλήθους μακαριζομένων: ἡγεῖται δὲ πάντα ταῦτα τὰ κτήματα οὐδενὸς ἄξια καὶ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν εἶναι—λέγω ὑμῖν—εἰρωνευόμενος δὲ καὶ παίζων πάντα τὸν βίον πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους διατελεῖ. σπουδάσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνοιχθέντος οὐκ οἶδα εἴ τις ἑώρακεν τὰ ἐντὸς ἀγάλματα: ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ ἤδη ποτ᾽ εἶδον, καί μοι ἔδοξεν οὕτω θεῖα καὶ


Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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  • Commentary references to this page (8):
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 173C
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 197E
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 204C
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 217A
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 219A
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 219C
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 220A
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 221D
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